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How Much Down Payment Help from Family Makes Buying a House Affordable?
Rich Girl Lauren lives in an expensive city, and her parents are offering her some money—but she only gets the money as a down payment for a home and…
Money With Katie
11/18/2024
The Critical Insurance Most People Don’t Realize They’re Missing
At her career’s height, Lacy was earning more than a million dollars per year (!) as an executive at a major bank. Then, one early morning, Lacy woke…
Money With Katie
11/13/2024
How Unmarried Couples Can Protect Their Finances
In this week’s Rich Girl Roundup, Cassie asks what financial considerations she should discuss with her long-term partner and co-parent. Katie and He…
Money With Katie
11/11/2024
When Earning More Makes Your Financial Anxiety…Worse?
In our "money dysmorphia" episode, a theme emerged that I wanted to revisit: Money anxiety increasing with income, not decreasing. While most of us a…
Money With Katie
11/06/2024
Loyalty or Leverage? How to Use Another Job Offer to Negotiate Your Salary
In this week's Rich Girl Roundup, Rich Girl Kelly S. asks, "Any resources for using a job offer to leverage more money in your current position? Is t…
Money With Katie
11/04/2024
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know about Capitalism (But Were Too Afraid to Ask)
If you’ve ever found yourself feeling skeptical about capitalism (or the idea that its current iteration is the best and only economic system worthy …
Money With Katie
10/23/2024
Optimizing Early Retirement for Couples on Different Timelines
"I'm going to retire early, but my husband isn't. How do we approach our separate finances in early retirement?" asks a listener who's still interest…
Money With Katie
10/21/2024
Trailer: The Money with Katie Show
See why we’ve been named one of the top personal finance podcasts by US News and have nearly 10 million downloads, and check out The Money with Katie…
Money With Katie
10/18/2024
Money Management 101: Building Automated Systems in Your Financial Life
For the first time ever, we're updating an episode we did back in 2022, all about money management systems. I’m detailing the two-track approach I re…
Money With Katie
10/16/2024
"I Want to Ask My Parents for My Inheritance Early"
One listener reached out to ask, "If I know I'm getting an inheritance, how can I ask my parents for it earlier? It'll go further now in my 30s than …
Money With Katie
10/14/2024
Index Funds for the Long Haul? Why Some Pros Are Nervous
We unquestioningly repeat the knowledge that index funds are the easiest way to “passively” build wealth. But what happens when too many investors go…
Money With Katie
10/09/2024
Are Bonds Actually...Hurting Our Portfolios?
Traditional retirement advice often suggests balancing stocks and bonds as you near retirement—but as two Rich Girls pointed out, bonds seemingly don…
Money With Katie
10/07/2024
How We Make Working in America Better
If we’re talking about negotiating for higher income without talking about labor organizing, we’re outright ignoring one of the most powerful determi…
Money With Katie
09/25/2024
The One Term Every Prenup Should Include
Listener Andrea shared a story that inspired this week's RGR: "I can't stop thinking about how my mom got screwed in a divorce and now has no retirem…
Money With Katie
09/23/2024
The Only 3 Money Metrics You Need to Know for Financial Freedom
I wanted to share the three numbers that I believe have the most impact on your life, so I invited Brad Barrett of the Choose FI podcast joins me to …
Money With Katie
09/18/2024
Emergency Fund, 401(k), Down Payment: Saving Too Much...or Not Enough?
One listener writes in, "I have my HYSA, my 401(k) plus employer match, a Roth IRA, and now am saving for a down payment. I'm worried I'm lopsided an…
Money With Katie
09/16/2024
A Hard Look at the Economic World Gen Z Inherited
We had JL Collins, the Godfather of Financial Independence, on the show earlier this year, and there was one question we seemed to disagree on: Are t…
Money With Katie
09/11/2024
Is It Possible for Everyone to Retire Early?
The FI/RE movement has picked up a lot of steam in recent years, but as one listener asks, how does that impact consumerism—and more broadly, can eve…
Money With Katie
09/09/2024
The Messy Economic Truth that the "Birth Rate Panic" Reveals
Some of you recently shared articles about the so-called “birth rate panic,” pointing out that the intersection of economic policy with people’s deci…
Money With Katie
08/28/2024
Single People's Most Impactful Financial Choice (and Understanding the Dual Income Household's Edge)
Many of you have asked: “How the heck do I make it work on a single income? What can I possibly do?” We’ll look at the levers you can pull (one in pa…
Money With Katie
08/26/2024